By Mr. Thomas Milne. 



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more generally planted than the Hollow Leek. It is said 

 to be a native of the island called the Flat Holmes, in the 

 Severn sea. 



The cottagers and others, in Pembrokeshire, also grow the 

 tree, or bulb-bearing Onion, to much advantage, their ma- 

 nagement of it being as follows : the small bulbs, produced 

 on the stem in the preceding year, being preserved and 

 planted in the following spring, become Onions of a very 

 considerable size for use, and on the stem again is produced 

 a succession of bulbs for the next year's planting. By this 

 means they obtain a very regular good crop, and on poor 

 soils, they say, with more certainty than by raising other 

 sorts from see4s. The taste of this sort of Onion is strong ; 

 but that is rather desirable, in their opinion, because the same 

 quantity goes further for seasoning, than if it were more 

 mild. 



You will observe, that the chief part of the information 

 contained in this communication is applicable to the small 

 gardens of cottagers. Amongst the many benefits which the 

 Horticultural Society may be able to render to the kingdom 

 at large, it will not be one of the least, to point out to the 

 poorer classes of every description, what sorts of fruits and 

 vegetables it would be most to their advantage to cultivate. 

 During my residence in Pembrokeshire, I witnessed the be- 

 neficial effect produced by the attention given by Lord 

 Cawdor to this subject. He caused his labourers' gardens 

 annually to be inspected in August, and gave small rewards 

 to those who kept them in the most profitable state of culti- 

 vation, in proportion to the excellence of their crops. Though 

 this practice has been some time discontinued, yet the people 



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